The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-01-25
THE CAPITOL.
What a Representative Citizen
Has tO Say of The Reno
val Question.

What do you think about TN,
removal of the capitol ?" inquired 1
BAzoo scribe of well known repre-
sentative whom be met at the dOpo
yesterday, EN- route to Jefferson
City:
What do / think of it? Well,
think it is high time that the people
OF progressive state like this were al
work with a view TO placing their
capitol at some accessible point where
a ran could get to it who resides
within fifty miles of it with less than
a two days traveel by rail, and
where when arrived, he could fluid at
least reasonable accommodations at
something like reasonable rate.
will venture TO say that there
Is not another city, town or
village in the state where
man Is compelled to pay $3.50 for
accommodation such as third class
hashery is expected to supply"
"fOu seem to be decidedly out of
sorts with Jefferson City. No not
particularly. You asked my opinion
and have given it frankly. | have
nothing against Jefferson City or its
people. l presume they do the best
they can, but it is just as tell you
and there are plenty more there who
will sustain my assertions and who
feel just as | do about it.
"YOu will favor the submission of
the removal question to a vote then ?'
"Most assuredly | shall"
"Where would you prefer to have
it located?"
At any central point easily reached
and most commencement to the people
of the whole state. Sedalia
wants it and has made a liberal
offer to secure it, and / do not know
of better place to be found. / favor
Sedalia."
"What do you think the chances of
getting the matter submitted are ?"
81 think they are excellent. In
fact am convinced that before the
session closes there will not be a men,
Der of either house who, unless he has
some personal interest to serve, will
not be ready to vote for its re-
moval."
what about the bill to appropriate
s25O, 600 TO remodel and repair the
old capitol"
That of itself ought to be sufficient
TO decide the question of removal sub
1t only makes plain the fact
that has so often been urged, of the
condition of the present
or rather that they are en-
tirely out of date. $3.50, 900 is nearly
double what the present buildings
are worth and yet to remodel them
and make them what the present
would demand in the way of a capitol
building it would not be half enough.
Ii this money were appropriated it
would be expended in laying founda- ;
lions for new building and two
years hence another s250,00O would
be required and the demand would be
Kept up for the next ten years. The
DILL was gotten up by Cole county and
Introduced by her representative for
he sole purpose of securing sufficient
to prevent the pOssibil-
iy of ever submitting successfully any s
'emOval scheme. There is no one out
ide OF Cole county interested in it or {
Who will favor it unless it be from 6
he immediate vicinity"
You do not think the appropria- /
ion will pass them" a
NO sir, | do not. / should hate c
o vote for it and go back to my con- C
tituency with such a record.
As the train was about to pull out C
he scribe babe the gentleman good {
we and went in search of further in d
Several Sedalians. who t
AVE been to Jefferson City looking Ii
tter this matter were seen and they a
unanimously expressed the opinion t
nat the prospect for having the long e
nooted capital removal question left n
0 the people to decide, was never so e
altering as now, and expressed them I
elves as confident that the present l
-gislature would pass bill submit b
ing it. Certainlyit is high time that Ii
be matter should be taken hold of. p
lissouri, as the fifth state in the un- n
IN, is entitled to respectable capt.
81 seat and capitol building, and II
hen erected it should be permanent p
: fixed where it will be most accessi- Ia
bic and convenient to all, and where @
ne accommodations and facilities re- 9
uired are abundant. Sedalia is such .
point and in addition, Sedalia has p,
Tered, in land and cash, as much oil
) the present site and building can CT